Extraordinary Team Tips: Recent Episodes
Kristin J Arnold
Audio and video tips to help team leaders and team members to achieve extraordinary results collaboratively.
Most leaders measure meeting effectiveness by how much time is spent. But the real cost of bad meetings has little to do with the clock.
Poorly run meetings create unclear decisions, weaken accountability, slow execution, and erode trust across the organization. Over time, these hidden costs reduce an organization's ability to move quickly and achieve results.
In this episode, we explore why decision clarity is one of the most important leadership disciplines and how a simple three-question framework can dramatically improve meeting outcomes.
Key Takeaways · Unclear decisions create future work and repeated conversations · Recurring meetings often signal deeper leadership and alignment issues · Trust is built when meetings consistently produce clarity and accountability · Decision velocity is a critical driver of organizational performance · Every meeting should end with clear purpose, decisions, and ownership Discussion Questions 1. How often do team members leave your meetings with different interpretations of what was decided? 2. What recurring meetings in your organization may exist because of a lack of clarity elsewhere? 3. Where is decision velocity being slowed by repeated discussions? 4. What would improve if every meeting ended with clear ownership and next steps? 5. How much organizational trust is being built or lost through your meeting culture? Leadership Challenge For the next 30 days, end every meeting by answering three questions:
- Why were we here? 2. What was decided? 3. Who owns the next step? Track how often issues reappear after decisions have been made. You may discover that meeting effectiveness is less about time management and more about leadership discipline.
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In this episode of the Extraordinary Team Podcast, Kristin Arnold explores a subtle but powerful leadership signal she observed during an executive presentation: talking about the team while unintentionally leaving the team invisible.
Leadership communication is about far more than words. Where leaders stand, who they acknowledge, and how they include others physically and verbally all send messages that audiences instinctively interpret.
In this episode, Kristin discusses:
- Why leadership is "spatial"
- The difference between talking about your team versus talking with your team
- How inclusive language shapes trust and credibility
- Why audiences increasingly trust collaborative leadership over the "hero leader" model
- Small behaviors that help leaders visibly share ownership and recognition
Key takeaway: Leadership is not just revealed by who speaks. It's revealed by who gets seen.
Memorable Moments
- "People don't just listen to your words. They read the signals around your words."
- "Leadership is spatial."
- "Inclusive language creates shared ownership."
- "Leadership is not just revealed by who speaks. It's revealed by who gets seen."
Questions to Consider
- What signals do you send through who gets acknowledged and included?
- Do your language and behaviors reinforce shared ownership?
- Who might be unintentionally invisible during your meetings or presentations?
Read the original blog post: https://extraordinaryteam.com/dont-talk-about-your-team-like-they-arent-in-the-room/
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Leadership teams today are busier than ever — but busy is not the same as strategic.
In this episode, Kristin Arnold revisits the concept of Park Time: the discipline of stepping away from day-to-day operations long enough to think clearly, gain perspective, and reconnect strategy to reality.
You'll learn why nonstop activity often erodes strategic thinking, how leadership teams lose perspective when they stay buried in operations, and why intentional pauses may be one of the most valuable disciplines modern leaders can practice.
In This Episode:
- What "Park Time" really means for leadership teams
- Why consuming information is not the same as strategic thinking
- The hidden dangers of nonstop operational focus
- How strategy quietly drifts over time
- Why functional optimization can hurt enterprise performance
- The connection between perspective and better decision-making
Memorable Moments:
"Consuming information is NOT the same thing as thinking strategically."
"You mistake motion for progress."
"In a world obsessed with speed, perspective becomes a competitive advantage."
Powerful Question to Ask Your Leadership Team:
"When was the last time we truly stepped back to think — not just react?"
Read the original blog post here:https://extraordinaryteam.com/park-time-a-worthy-leadership-discipline/
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Ever notice how smart, capable people somehow become strangely cautious and predictable once a meeting starts?
You're not imagining it.
In this episode, Kristin Arnold explores why intelligent teams often produce shallow thinking in group settings — and why the issue usually isn't the people. It's the meeting design.
You'll learn how subtle meeting dynamics shut down independent thought, encourage groupthink, and reward safe agreement over rigorous thinking. More importantly, you'll discover practical ways high-performance teams structure conversations to draw out better ideas, stronger dissent, and smarter decisions.
In This Episode:
- Why smart people don't automatically think well together
- How meetings unintentionally create groupthink
- The hidden power of "Think First, Talk Second"
- Why leaders should often speak last
- How better questions improve team thinking
- Why dissent is essential for high-performance teams
Memorable Moments:
"You're not hearing the best thinking. You're hearing the safest thinking."
"Meetings are not just conversations. They are systems."
"You start with gold and somehow end up with oatmeal."
Powerful Question to Ask Yourself:
"Is my meeting design encouraging independent thinking… or just faster agreement?"
Read the original blog post here:https://extraordinaryteam.com/why-your-smart-team-acts-dumb-in-meetings/
For more tools and strategies on facilitation, strategic conversations, and building high-performance teams, visit ExtraordinaryTeam.com.
Strategic planning facilitation is one of the most high-stakes activities any leader will take on. Get it right, and you’ll rally your team around a clear, inspiring direction. Get it wrong, and you’ll end up with a glossy binder of plans that collect dust while the organization drifts (I call that "credenzaware!").
Here are seven of the most common mistakes and how to avoid them.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares why offsite meetings fail and how to improve them with strategic meeting facilitation.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how to prioritize strategic initiatives AND create an interrelationship digraph.
With all of the invisible help joining our meetings, are meetings becoming more effective? Or less human?
Here's how I see AI transforming meetings and a quick tip to explore it's potential with your team.
With a few intentional shifts, a ho-hum meeting can become a high-impact ritual your team actually looks forward to.
Here’s a “before and after” look at one team’s transformation from dreaded meeting to dynamic power session.
I was talking with a client about "the small stuff" that makes magic happen. Those seemingly inconspicuous rituals, behaviors, and mindsets that, when practiced consistently, drive extraordinary results.
Here are 10 micro-habits I’ve observed in high-performing teams I’ve worked with.
Great brainstorming isn’t magic—it’s well-structured messiness. When you design your session like a sandwich (start with clarity, move into freeform ideation, and close with purposeful evaluation), you give your team the space and structure they need to generate and act on truly original ideas.
Before you send that next meeting invitation, ask yourself these seven crucial questions to determine whether you really need a meeting. And if that answer is “yes,” how to make it a good meeting.
Overconfidence feels good. It’s seductive. But unchecked, it can lead us into risky territory, blindsiding us with problems we could have seen coming. Before charging forward with a decision, especially one that feels too easy or unchallenged, try conducting a “pre-mortem.” Instead of examining what did go wrong after the fact, you imagine what could go wrong before it happens. Here’s how to do a Pre-Mortem:
Too often, organizations reach for training when what they really need is alignment and ownership. If your team already knows what great service looks like, repeating the basics won’t move the needle. What they need is a facilitated workshop.
Making your team's contributions visible isn’t just good for them; it reflects positively on you as a leader — highlighting your ability to build, nurture, and lead a high-performing team.
Here’s how to ensure your team's work shines brightly across the organization.
A powerful metaphor isn’t just a cute analogy. It becomes a shared mental model—a common language that helps people visualize the work ahead, understand their role, and navigate the inevitable setbacks along the way. Metaphors are especially helpful when the company culture likes and/or participates in the activity!
What separates the teams that just perform from those that consistently achieve? My friend and colleague Steven Gaffney has been pondering the same thing.
The Steven Gaffney Company recently completed a national research study on Consistently High Achieving Teams (CHAT) and joined me on the podcast to unpack the results.
AI isn’t magic—but it is a powerful tool to help teams tackle repetitive processes, streamline painful workflows, or add efficiency to tasks that require human intelligence. But just like an Oreo, AI is only as good as the layers you build around it.
Let me break it down for you.
While they may sound similar, a strategic plan and a growth plan serve distinct purposes. One sets the overall direction of your company, and the other focuses on how to expand your market presence and revenue. Understanding the difference can help you prioritize your efforts and ensure your business thrives. The growth plan actually "sits inside" your strategic plan.
The best book clubs strike a balance between structured discussion and free-flowing conversation - which is why having a facilitator (or at least some semblance of a plan) is crucial.
So, whether your book club is thriving or teetering on the edge of chaos, here are a few ways to keep the discussion engaging, inclusive, and—most importantly—fun.
In many organizations, the CFO is viewed as the "numbers person"—the one who tracks financial performance, ensures compliance, and keeps an eye on cash flow. But what if I told you that the CFO is actually one of the best people to facilitate strategic conversations and lead cross-functional teams?
Let’s explore how you can lean into your strengths, take initiative, and drive team success—all while positioning yourself as a key contributor and future leader.
By systematically evaluating growth strategies against these criteria, your team can identify the most viable, impactful, and sustainable growth strategy for the business.
Where does technology fit in a strategic plan? The answer depends on a number of factors. Here's what you need to know.
There is a business adage that says, “If you ain’t growing, you’re dying.”
As a facilitator of numerous growth strategy sessions, I have found that it is helpful for the team to vet various strategies before meeting to select THE growth strategy.
Why? Because the most obvious answer is probably not THE answer unless all on the team are on a freight train to rapid growth! Derailing a strategy that the team is committed to and is working well is NOT one that you need to change. You may want to tweak it to be even more exceptional!
Here are the possible growth strategies a team might want to consider.
Here’s a quick guide to help you understand the differences and choose the right fit for your team’s needs.
Here are some practical, actionable strategies to help team leaders and members foster a sense of belonging and accelerate the journey toward becoming a high-performing team.
An implementation team is chartered to implement a specific plan of action. Here's how to facilitate one to achieve your goal.
Merry Christmas! Whether you’re looking to energize meetings, solve challenges, or unlock your team’s full potential, I’m here to help. To help you get in the holiday team spirit, here's my take on 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, for teams!
Ground rules are like the “rules of the road” for your team. They tell us how we should function, how to handle distractions, and what to do when things get off track. Without them, it’s easy for even the best-intentioned teams to lose their way. Think of these rules as your team’s “Constitution,” guiding your work and keeping things running smoothly. And just like any great Constitution, it can and should evolve over time.
Here are 13 specific ways to help your team members connect with their purpose and keep their focus on the customer.
The gap between knowing and doing is often the culprit. Smart teams don’t falter because of a lack of expertise, resources, or good intentions. They falter because of an inability to transition from strategy to execution. Here's how can you help your team shift from knowing to doing.
Do you ever get a meeting invite that doesn't have an agenda, objectives, deliverable, or anything that tells you what the meeting is about?
A client of mine calls that a "Naked Meeting." Here's how to avoid that.
Project teams are typically commissioned to implement a specific project or plan. To set your project team up for success, follow these steps to success.
Self-directed teams are formal, permanent organizational structures. They operate with fewer layers of management. Due to the nature of the work, team members learn all the tasks that need to be performed. Here is what they specifically do and how you could work toward a self-directed team.
By providing one or a few of these pre-work tasks, you can ensure that your teammates come to the meeting well-prepared, leading to more focused discussions and quicker, more robust decision-making.
The success of your team meeting is directly proportional to the amount of planning you have invested in that meeting. You can't just show up and expect magic to happen without a little bit of forethought.
To plan for a successful team meeting, follow these eleven steps.
Your team has worked hard and now needs management support and/or commitment to implement your recommendations. Hopefully, you have been keeping the management group informed of your team’s progress, so the presentation should not be “new news.” Nevertheless, take time to prepare for your final presentation.
One of the major challenges with brainstorming an idea is that people want to immediately evaluate the idea. It's like playing "whack a mole" where creativity gets squashed with every suggestion.
I was recently working with a team that loves to play "whack-a-mole". While I stated the traditional brainstorming ground rules, I also added one more to prevent this tendency to evaluate every single idea:
"Be curious."
Here's how.
Team members often need "coaching" from the team leader and their teammates. It's a normal phenomenon for people new to a team or to a task that ranges from instructing, guiding, and inspiring them to be truly empowered to accomplish the task.
But even with coaching, what if you don't think they are up to the task?
When do you let it go? Give up? Recognize that it's NOT WORKING?
Recognizing your team's efforts can significantly boost morale, foster a positive work environment, and enhance productivity. Here are some cost-effective ways to acknowledge and appreciate your team's hard work.
Despite ruling on several divisive issues, the justices have long maintained they are civil and get along well despite the fierce disagreements. Why? Because even the U.S. Supreme Court has ground rules!
As a leader, we want to build and strengthen our team. But what if we are actually dividing our team - and we don't even know it? You may consider using more inclusive language on your team.
When it comes to teams, curiosity is a powerful quality that inspires connection and conversation. While some people might think it's a "trait" where some people are simply more curious than others, I think it's a skill you can build...and even cultivate within your team.
Here are strategies to cultivate curiosity in your team, organized for clarity and action.
As you conduct your internal review and environmental scan, consider these key business trends that may affect your strategic plan.
You want to be a valued team player - the MVP of your team? Not just the go-to person for crunch time, but the one who brings out the best in everyone? Well, it's not just about getting your tasks done or being Mr. or Ms. Nice all the time. It's more like being the secret sauce that makes the whole team deliciously successful.
Some people create New Year's resolutions that rarely stick. Instead, I create an "annual theme" to rally around. It's a mantra to use throughout the year to continually test whether I am moving in the right direction. It's the one thing that is most important to you. It can be a goal, but I typically find one or two words that encapsulate all areas of your life.
There are many ways to influence others — and most team members try to convince others of what they want and then sell the benefits. If this works, great! If not, you may want to try these techniques to gain influence.
A client recently asked me, "What do you do when you’re facilitating strategic planning and there are people that aren’t engaged? They don’t believe in the process and think things can just continue the way they’ve been."
Indeed, facilitating a strategic planning session can be a challenging task, especially when some participants aren't fully engaged and skeptical about the process. However, with a well-thought-out approach, you can overcome this obstacle and ensure that everyone's voices are heard and that the planning session is productive.
One of my fellow Board members has a wonderful saying that resonates with me and most (if not all!) of my clients:
"No Agenda; No Attenda!"
But what does that really mean? Does EVERY meeting need to have an agenda?
If you’re bringing together multinational teams, there are several measures you can take to ensure teamwork as they come to gather.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a guest blog on leaving a lasting leadership legacy of kindness from Michael Kerr.
What would you do if you knew that communication with your teammates was going to fail? After all, you inherently know that there will be a communication mishit, but we just don't know when or where it is going to be! Whether it is during a face-to-face meeting, a virtual meeting, email, text message or shared document, here are some ideas to improve team communication.
To improve team communication as the speaker AND a listener, listen here.
Volunteer organizations usually have a plethora of boards, committees, task forces, and other types of teams to help achieve the organization’s mission.
Many of these team members are busy professionals, inspired by the organization’s good work. However, when push comes to shove, higher priorities prevail.
Follow these tips to keep your boards from being “bored.”
I had an interesting conversation with one of my clients about her people working with teams vs. leading teams. This might appear to be a subtle nuance at first blush, but let’s dig a little further to discern the difference.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can set up their teams for success with "the team launch."
Team goals provide the team with needed focus and direction. An all-encompassing vision or simple, well-defined goal statements provide the team with a unified sense of what is important.
To set clear team goals try these strategies.
One clue: No agenda, no attenda! Follow these five strategies and you'll see your meetings be much more productive.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares techniques for active listening in order to enhance teamwork.
The next time you go to your team meeting, take a few moments to observe the team functions and roles. At any particular moment, someone is leading, taking notes, keeping on track and on time, as well as participating in the meeting. Watch closely who is performing each function.
The team leader may be working very hard at all of these functions — not only leading the meeting, but keeping notes on a yellow legal pad, steering the agenda and the timetable, and answering questions without a whole lot of participation.
If that leader is you, well then my friend, you are working too hard!
Of all things about strategic planning, it drives me crazy when the plan has a number of strategic objectives. How many are too many?
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares fun and creative tips for how to start a meeting.
All teams need a team leader to focus their efforts, set guidelines, and deliver results. How you go about selecting your team leader depends largely on the mission, management, organizational culture, and development of your team.
When you watch a high-performing team in action, you realize that they have some habits, rituals, and ceremonies that support the team's work. Here are some examples that I have seen effective teams establish to create a certain purpose and put them in a different mindset.
There are myriad formal and informal team assessment tools that you can purchase “off the shelf.” In the event you decide to use one of these instruments, follow these steps to maximize the experience.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how to avoid tedious Board presentations using a Board presentation packet.
I often work with clients to facilitate an "after-action review" at the end of a project to discover pitfalls and opportunities for improvement for the next project. So I was thinking....why not do this with your team at the start of this new year? Discover key learnings about the year so you can prepare for the year ahead!
I am often asked to facilitate an after-action review (AAR) upon the completion of a project. It's a bit more formal than a standard debriefing and allows the participants to truly understand what happened and create some preventive and mitigating strategies for the next project.
AAR typically occurs when the project went south...but can also be applied to glorious projects that we wish we could clone and replicate!
Want your teams to stay focused? Capture and post key information for all to see – on a whiteboard, on flipchart paper, or on the screen. By writing down what has been said, team members will stay focused and on track as well as remember and act on the information well after the meeting.
If your team is like most, it relies on two or three strategies to make decisions: consensus, team input with the team leader making the final decision, or the loudest voice wins. Effective teams use MANY different decision-making strategies, such as these.
If you are serious about moving your organization from a traditional, hierarchical organization into flexible, nimble teams, think through the benefits and costs—as well as the many cultural changes that you, your employees, and your customers will have to face. For some, the changes are just too great, and teams may not be the best solution. For many, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages.
Any organization interested in moving toward a team-based environment should have the following things in place.
A client of mine was frustrated that nothing was happening after a team meeting. He said, “It’s a great conversation, but then everyone goes back to ‘work,’ and nothing happens!”
It’s a common complaint as most teams identify potential tasks throughout the course of their meetings and then walk away thinking that everyone knows what they need to do.
Au contraire! Unless you have a process to ensure all know what needs to be done, who is responsible for doing it, and by when, it’s no surprise nothing happens.
Here is how to turn potential ideas into concrete team commitments.
Most North American companies and organizations reward individual performance. We celebrate our individuality and want to be compensated and rewarded for our efforts. However, if you want your people to perform as a team, you must reward them as a team.
Most North American companies and organizations reward individual performance. We celebrate our individuality and want to be compensated and rewarded for our efforts. However, if you want your people to perform as a team, you must reward them as a team.
People choose their seats for all kinds of reasons. Some sit wherever there is an empty seat. Others want to sit where they always do. Some want to sit next to a particular person. Others want to be close to the coffee pot. But how do you choose where to sit to help you achieve your objective? Try these tips.
People choose their seats for all kinds of reasons. Some sit wherever there is an empty seat. Others want to sit where they always do. Some want to sit next to a particular person. Others want to be close to the coffee pot. But how do you choose where to sit to help you achieve your objective? Try these tips.
This type of teamwork doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with a few people who set the standard and ground rules for team cooperation.
Try these techniques to build an extraordinarily cohesive team.
Whenever I am facilitating a team that is facing a potential decision, I suggest using a process tool called a “Force-Field Analysis.” Here is how it works.
As a professional meeting facilitator, hybrid business meetings are simply harder to design and coordinate as you need to meet the needs of two audiences and ensure an appropriate level of engagement and collaboration.
So here are my top ten tips to lead and/or facilitate an effective hybrid business meeting.
I'd like to embellish on Matthew Rechs' 11 Promises as a Manager to include 11 Promises as a Team Member.
I'd like to embellish on Matthew Rechs' 11 Promises as a Manager to include 11 Promises as a Team Member.
All teams should agree on how they will manage time during a meeting. Unless noted otherwise, the leader keeps time and the rest of the team is subject to the skill of the leader to keep the meeting on track between topics and to end the meeting on time.
That is quite the task. The leader is already busy managing the content of the meeting! Why not ask for a little help from another team member to manage time during a meeting? Here's how to assign the role and what it entails.
All teams should agree on how they will manage time during a meeting. Unless noted otherwise, the leader keeps time and the rest of the team is subject to the skill of the leader to keep the meeting on track between topics and to end the meeting on time.
That is quite the task. The leader is already busy managing the content of the meeting! Why not ask for a little help from another team member to manage time during a meeting? Here's how to assign the role and what it entails.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold explains the stage of brainstorming when true innovation and creativity take place.
Your team has just brainstormed a creative, long list of ideas, solutions, problems, causes, or other items. Now what? Rather than simply roll up the flipcharts, toss them in a corner and forget them, you can take the next step and narrow down the list with these voting variations.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold defines what a "team memory" is and why it's so important to record them.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold defines what a "team memory" is and why it's so important to record them.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares details about the role of the meeting facilitator.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares details about the role of the meeting facilitator.
There’s a reason why brainstorming has gotten such a bad reputation – and it all boils down to the fact that most people don’t know how to brainstorm effectively. Here's how to do it.
Most brainstorming lists end up in a long-forgotten pile — usually because the list was too long or intimidating to deal with. By organizing your brainstormed ideas, you can quickly sort your long list into a few manageable categories.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold explains "non-promotable" work and why we need to be intentional about assigning it as team leaders.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few strategies to better re-connect as a team in person.
Bring your team together to get clarity and alignment on what you need to do in the next year or so with this strategy to develop a quick strategic plan.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold has created a process with steps to create listening posts for voice of the customer.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few ways to use coffee cups to encourage networking and teambuilding.
Neil Hoyne, in his new book, "Converted: The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers' Hearts" provides the insight that only the chief data-guy at Google can share. High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares the details.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of ways leaders and their teams can improve their team communication by focusing on their body language.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares factors leading to The Great Resignation and how team leaders can improve employee engagement.
Take advantage of this natural “check-in” with one or two people to “check-in” with the team. It allows team members to share what’s on their minds so they can focus on the team’s work.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares strategies on how to build trust with your team and among team members.
As a professional speaker and panel moderator, I have instinctively known the importance of making numbers count, but this book shows you HOW to do that.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares some strategies to take effective and productive breaks during meetings.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how teams can create a written team charter to set out and accomplish team goals.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how teams can unleash their creative sides using innovative ground rules.
Keep your meetings focused using these strategies from high-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold.
While the tendency is to make a meeting all about the team's business, I strongly suggest a fun icebreaker to kick off the meeting. One of my favorite virtual icebreakers is the "Show & Tell" Activity.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold provides ways to intervene gracefully with disruptive team members.
Ensure that each of your team members are working in their sweet spot by using the Working Genius language and framework.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of tell-tale signs it is time for your team to disband.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares three common reasons teams, struggle to stay together, stay productive, and meet their goals.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of strategies to facilitate effective hybrid meetings, virtual meetings, and face-to-face meetings.
Strategic moments are those key times when the group is faced with a variety of possible ways to proceed – including staying the course! By choosing a new direction, the team is making a commitment that is not easily reversed. Here is how meeting facilitators can spot strategic moments, and facilitate strategic moments.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team members can create their own custom remote work plan.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares when it is appropriate to form a team and when it is inappropriate to form a team.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a meeting strategy to engage team members and fuel conversation in a healthy and safe way.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of ways team members and team leaders can address disruptive team member behaviors.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can help their team re-acclimate to in-person work environments.
Shifting a workplace culture takes time, energy, and passion. More importantly, it requires intentionality. Your organization HAS a culture...whether it has been deliberately created and cultivated is a different matter altogether. Be deliberate in using these five levers to create the organizational culture you know is needed to be successful now and in the future.
What about the person who willingly doesn't pull their fair share of the load? What happens to the team dynamic when there is a freeloader on the team?
In a world that appears to be more and more fractured, this comment from Zac Hanson gave me hope for teams and teamwork. That there IS common ground to be had. That diverse people can agree on something they like.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of ground rules teams can enforce to ensure great group discussions during Zoom meetings and virtual meetings.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a meeting facilitation strategy to keep track of participation from Zoom meeting participants.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a strategic thinking tip to help leaders and their teams engage in strategic planning conversations.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can re-engage their team members to feel connected and heard in the virtual or hybrid workplace.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how meeting facilitators and moderators can introduce a fun and engaging activity to virtual meetings, webinars, and panel discussions.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold and Shari Bricks, CEO of Bond Association and Event Management, share how to incorporate exciting and engaging "experience boxes" into your next virtual meeting.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how you can evaluate your own virtual team skills and improve your own teamwork.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can identify, sort out, and address team problems.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of ways that team leaders can lead their teams to be more engaged in the virtual and hybrid workplace environment.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a virtual polling feature to help team members check in and communicate clearly about their team goals.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a virtual team icebreaker to help team members feel connected and learn about each other.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a Zoom function that can help meeting facilitators facilitate a virtual meeting with multiple languages being spoken.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how leaders can find, recruit, and persuade the right team members to join their team.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how meeting facilitators need to explain how to use the virtual meeting chatbox to their meeting attendees.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can check in and help their team members stay motivated and happy during the pandemic.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of strategies to make boring virtual happy hours fun and engaging.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how to conquer the challenge of getting team members engaged.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold explains how teams can find a leader and facilitator who can help ensure they carry out and complete their strategic plan.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how team leaders can facilitate virtual connection and community through a team-building activity.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares the difference between presenting information to facilitating discussions among the participants.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how meeting facilitators can help meeting participants engage and interact during virtual meetings.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of strategies for using icebreakers for team meetings.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of strategies for using icebreakers for team meetings.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of things leaders and managers need to prepare for as remote workers return back to the workplace.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares how to effectively facilitate virtual meetings using breakout rooms.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF | Master, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares how leaders can help their virtual teams communicate better.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few differences and similarities of facilitating a virtual meeting versus a face-to-face meeting.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few tips for how teams can manage working remotely and new communication methods using team ground rules during the coronavirus pandemic.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold lists ground rules and guiding principles for team behavior during meetings and when working together.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how we often have bias in our thinking and should use critical thinking before making assumptions.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares why teams should know the difference between team mission and team vision.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how to facilitate a strategic conversation versus a brainstorming session.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how our past working environments and bosses play a role in our current leadership styles and teamwork skills.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how leaders can help their employees move from a hierarchical based approach to a team based approach to their work.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares how teams and those in leadership roles can incorporate one simple trick into their day to avoid overwhelm.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold explains the five phases of organizational growth so that business leaders can capitalize on each phase.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of differences between the role of a consultant and the role of a facilitator.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how leaders can decipher when and how to delegate tasks to team members and when they can be "empowered."
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how as a leader, you can ensure that the projects and tasks on your strategic plan get accomplished.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of tips for leaders to facilitate effective meetings.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares a number of personal and team strategies for conquering and learning from a big conference.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares why teams need a "code word" to facilitate effective team meetings and collaborative conversations.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of tips to facilitate openness, teamwork, and privacy in an office design.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares an experience with a recent client who did NOT want to use sticky notes for strategic planning.
High-stakes meeting facilitator shares some annoying office habits and how to handle them appropriately and effectively, in order to improve a team's performance.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares how so many leaders and teams are focused on a team vision statement, and how their may be a better route to finding their consensus.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator shares a few insights on naming teams.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares a number of questions to ask your team after wrapping up a project.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few tips, takeaways, and personal insights after reading "Do Business Better."
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of strategies to act on in order to build a high-performing team.
Kristin Arnold shares a number of leadership tips to connect with and engage your team members and employees during the Spring season.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few tips on how to know when you have enough information to make a great decision.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a few strategies on how to effectively answer a question from a team member.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and team facilitator Kristin Arnold asks a question regarding team member's genetics versus the team behavior they learn.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares a number of steps you can take to create a strategic plan for your business and develop strategic initiatives you can act on.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of ways that leaders can spruce up an office space in a team-engaging way.
High-stakes meeting facilitator shares an experience where she had to intervene on another team member's interruptions and she shares how leaders and team members can intervene effectively.
High-stakes meeting facilitator shares a unique way to celebrate the holidays with team members in a way that truly makes them feel special and appreciated.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares some valuable insight on the cost of meetings for teams, companies and businesses.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares how "meeting in the middle" is not always the best team solution.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares eight of the most common biases she sees in the workplace that prevent teams from effective decision-making.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares how the choices that leaders and their team members make reflect their priorities.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who explains how unproductive meetings are costing companies each day.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares a number of tips for team leaders to help their team define potential issues.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares tips for making decisions and presenting recommendations to your boss.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who shares a number of tips on how leaders can increase customer satisfaction and stand out from their competition.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of tips for planning an effective meeting by making an agenda.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares a few tips on how to plan a staff meeting.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator who explains when teams may need to hire an external facilitator to facilitate their meeting.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares how team members can make decisions about their commitments and responsbilities based off of integrity.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares why leaders need to understand the conversational style of their team members to perform effectively.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares some lessons on the difference between goals and vision for leaders and their teams.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares a communication technique to build teamwork and collaboration.
KRISTIN ARNOLD, MBA, CPF, CSP is a high-stakes meeting facilitator and professional panel moderator shares a number of aspects leaders need to consider when managing their team and their time spent in meetings versus in their work.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares a number of ways that team leaders can work with their team to negotiate and bargain as a team.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares the "rock phenomenon" and how team leaders do not always have the answers to each team problem.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares some perspective on how teams may take on the personality of the team leader.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares how to build an effective meeting agenda from scratch.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares tips for leaders to master their art.
High-stakes meeting facilitator Kristin Arnold shares the dangers of a lack of decision-making for teams and leaders.
High-stakes meeting facilitator and panel moderator Kristin Arnold shares how to handle a toxic team member.